bilstein 5100 ride height adjustable shocks

[greasemnky1111]

i just finished putting the bilstien 5100's on the front, it only gave me 1.75 inches of lift but thats all i really need i just wanted it to stop stink bugging. i just put the bilstein 5160's in the rear and im debating on puting a rear spacer for about an inch of lift in the rear not sure yet, just wanted to know what you guys think, im also wondering what you guys think of the front lights i switched all of them out for hid's low beams, high beams and the 4 off road lights in the front thanks

 

[Preludepearl417]

Nice look, i like the 4 lights on the front.

 

[Suburbinator]

So after a few weeks of use....do you have any updates? Handling improvements, ride quality? Did you have it aligned after the lift?

Thanks..

 

[STORMIN08]

what was total lift amount,,,,,,,and how is ride quality...bilstein can be a little stiff.

on a side note, i am looking at the KING adjustable coil overs and shocks for rear......0-3" lift front, and a spacer for an inch or so rear.

 

[protonvx]

I have them and feel that they ride better than stock suspension.

 

[greasemnky1111]

update ive had them on for about 6 months and there great the total lift was 1.75 inches not much but it leveled it out and the shocks made the ride a lot better but the performance of them improved too especially over bumps at speed but its no prerunner but it made life a lot better and i had the hotchkis sway bars on and those combined with the shocks made a huge improvement i was very pleased with bilstein on these shocks.

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wow i totally had the months wrong its been about 4 but also ive gotten pretty good air in them too (i was testing them out to see how well they really were in extreme circumstances) and they did very well but its not a jumper by any means and i would not suggest it. but the shocks didnt blow or anything and yes i had it alligned after they were installed.

 

[felixgun]

Is it leveled? Bc it still looks a lot higher in the rear then the front end does. I just did a 2.5/1.5 to get leveled but I have autoride so the rear height from factory is different for me.